Business leaders and politicians in the two provinces of Negros island are scratching their heads over Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo’s reason for opposing the Negros Island Region.
“We could not react because it was so sudden and there were many items being discussed,” Du told Rappler in a phone interview on Thursday night, December 8.“That surprised me because we already had an experiment that worked well for two years after president Aquino signed the EO in 2015,” the business leader said.
While the Visayas comprises several regions with different languages, the word Visayan is often used to describe the language of Cebu, the main province in Central Visayas. Teves, and Negros Oriental legislators, 1st district Representative Jocelyn Sy Limkaichong and 2nd district Representative Manuel Sagarbarria are co-authors of House Bill No. 1446, originally filed by Negros Occidental 3rd district Representative Kiko Benitez, which includes the small island-province of Siquijor in the NIR.
Ejercito authored SB 1236, Senate President Migs Zubiri, SB 89; Senator Win Gatchalian, SB 812; Senator Bong Revilla, SB 1422; and Senator Lito Lapid, SB 1469.Du told Rappler that Degamo’s opposition is not that surprising as he had earlier opposed the first NIR but had settled down when Aquino issued the EO.
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